For the third year in a row, Illinois Baptists added “blessings” to their checklists as they packed for the Annual Meeting. Throughout the course of the two-day gathering, church messengers delivered 117 large Blessing Boxes filled with goods including school supplies, personal hygiene products, winter socks, hats, and gloves, along with dozens of boxes of […]
Prayer tour opens hearts for neighborhoods
“I’ve been here for 25 years in Illinois, and I’d never been to Chicago,” said Ken Sharp. “But I will be going back.” On a chilly, overcast Thursday following the IBSA Annual Meeting, two groups of messengers spent the morning on prayer tours within Chicago, organized by Kevin Jones, IBSA’s Director of Church Planting. The […]
IBSA Annual Meeting: Amendments to be read, vote set
Springfield | When messengers take up business during Session 3 of the IBSA Annual Meeting Nov. 13, they will be asked to approve considerable updates to the constitutions of all three Association entities—Illinois Baptist State Association, Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services, and Baptist Foundation of Illinois (IBSA, BCHFS, and BFI). Proposed changes to entity […]
IBSA Annual Meeting program announced
When Illinois Baptists convene for the 118th IBSA Annual Meeting, they will experience a condensed, but action-packed event that combines preaching, worship, conference-style training, ministry and affinity groups, and business sessions, across a shorter timeframe. This year’s gathering November 12-13 in Orland Park will feature five preachers, 19 breakouts for pastors and ministry leaders, a […]
When God has a different plan
Editor’s note: Your gifts to the Mission Illinois Offering help provide support for Illinois church planters like Hannel, who are sharing the hope of Jesus in new communities all across our state. Don Hannel had no plans for change. He had pastored his hometown church of Pleasant Hill in west-central Illinois for nearly 19 years. […]
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